Check-case



(No Model.)

B. A. GLABSER. CHECK CASE.

No. 542,014. Patented Jul -2, 1895.

Inventor WY. 5%

Attorney UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD A. GLAESER, or HAMILTON, onto.

CH ECK-CAS E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 542,014, dated July :2,1895.

Application filed December 14,1894. Serial No. 531,753- (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. GLAESER, of Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Check-Cases, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to improvements in devices designed for use inassorting checks or the like and has been designed for use by bankers inassortin g the checks of depositors. Such checks are usually assorted,either alan assorting-case is provided with properly-.

labeled pockets; but such cases are rather bulky and involve more orless trouble in digging the checks from the bottom of the pockets.

My improved check-case will be readily understood from the followingdescription, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved case open and readyfor use; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the same folded; Fig. 3, anenlargement of the lower left-hand corner of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a sideelevation at the hinge when the case is open, and Fig. 5 a similar viewwhen the case is folded.

In the drawings,1 indicates one half of the check-case formed with thinvertical partitions; 2, the second half; 3, the hinges uniting the twohalves, so that one half may be folded upon the other, the hinges beingconstructed double and located in a recess, as seen in Figs. 4 and 5, sothat when the case is open and the hinged side laid down upon a tablethere will be no projecting hinges to mar the table or to elevate thelower face of the case from the table; 4,.the compartments formed by thepartitions, these compartments having a size suited to the checks to bedealt with and the depth of the case being such as to accommodate themaximum height ofpile liable to result from the assorting; 5,depressions in the edges of the partitions to perunit of the presence oflabels marked on or socured 011 the edges of the partition withoutdanger of the labels doing or receiving damage by rubbing on the tableon which the case is used, and 6 lug-rests at one edge of some of thepartitions to adapt certain of the compartments to temporarily receive aremovable bottom. These lug-rests project but slightly beyond the edgesof the partitions, so as not to interfere with the free insertion andremoval of the checks.

It is to be observed that compartments are opened at top and bottom orentirelythrough the case. The case being open, as in Fig. 1, and laidupon a table the checks may be as sorted into the various compartments,any appropriate system of marking or labeling in the depressions 5forming the guide. WVhen the assorting is done, then the case may belifted bodily from the table, leaving the assorted piles of checks uponthe table, or,if desired, the checks may be removed from the compartments. By using the case with the other side up another set ofmarkings or labelings may be brought into use. Thus one face of the casemay be labeled for assorting by alphabetical order and the other face ofthe case may be labeled for assorting by months or by special parties.As many compartments may be provided for as expediency suggests and asurplus of compartments may be provided for contingencies, the surpluscompartments being preferably the row at the front of th case.

It may sometimes happen that the case is to be used upon a desk not wideenough for the entire case, the front row of compartments thus beingdeprived of flooring. In such event the front compartments may befloored by false bottoms placed in them and resting on the rests 6.

When the case is not in use, it may be folded for compact storage.

When the case is folded, it provides compartments of extra depth for usein emergencies, the number of compartments being in such case of coursereduced.

I claim as my invention- In a check-case, the combination, substan-=tially as set forth, of a pair of half cases hinged to fold together andhaving compartments divided by partitions and open above and below. A

EDWARD A. GLAESER. Witnesses:

CHAs. J. CLARK, SAML. D. MAYER.

